Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion and Use in the Emergency Department: An Intervention Study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 26-32

  Hawkins, Tracey ^a   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b   Suna, Jessica ^a,d   Williams, Julian ^a,b   Rickard, Claire M ^c   Jensen, Matthew ^a,e   Donohue, Maria ^c   Cho, Elizabeth ^b   Hise, Christopher Van ^b   Egerton Warburton, Diana ^f,g   Cullen, Louise ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85034606290     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13335     Document Type: Article

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